The Fear of God: A Horror Movie Podcast

Happy Halloween Eve everyone! All month long, we've been celebrating #thisishalloween by making our way through Ray Bradbury's classic novel Something Wicked This Way Comes. As a coda to those discussions, friend of the show and award-winning actor Bill Oberst Jr. stopped by to chat with Reed about the work of Ray Bradbury and the one-man stage show about the legendary author which Bill crafted and performs.

Bill, surrounded by Bradbury's work and memorabilia, unpacks what the author's work has meant to him and to countless others, as well as what happens to our culture and our inner life when we lose our poetic spirit, and how we can possibly chart a path to rediscovering it. In shaping and performing a stage show about Ray's life, Bill brings his unique insight to the legacy and interpretation of Bradbury's work, as well as passion for the self-motivation and gratifying work that comes when we learn that "Doing is Being".

It's a conversation of vibrant fandom, about the necessity to do what you love and surround yourself with it, and how to clutch a thread of fragile hope amidst troublesome times as examined through the poignant and inspiring fantastical work of Ray Bradbury.

We hope you enjoy it and we hope you have a very Happy Halloween!

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It's Halloween everybody! We hope you have a very special, delightful, safe, fun-filled and very happy Halloween this year and we celebrate this annual festivity with our concluding discussion surrounding Ray Bradbury's legendary literary classic novel, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

After a brief summary of the concluding chapters of the book (and a rather detailed discussion around our dream cast and production team for a new film adaptation of it), we dive deep into the text and into our own spirits to explore the common cause that binds us all in this fearful work of goodness, and learn how to accept our place in space and time as well as ourselves as we learn how to starve the darkness.

Something wicked may indeed be on its way, so vague and yet so immense, but whatever is coming, we will be -- as always -- about the business of being on our way rejoicing.

Happy Halloween everybody and we hope you enjoy this week's episode!

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Can you believe it??!! 200 EPISODES!!!

We wanted to go BIG! Like... most sincere podcast big. Like... "I've got a signed document" big. Like... we got a rock.

That's right ladies and gentlemen, we celebrate our landmark 200th episode the only way we know how: by hearing from our listener community, by waxing poetic and thoughtful about a good book, and by taking what could be considered simple, mindless entertainment and exploring its metaphors for all the depth, challenges, and hopeful inspiration that can be found.

We spend a bit of time hearing from you, the listeners, and some of your kind words about the show after 200 episodes and four years. Then, we dive into the next large section of Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES before finally turning our sights towards the old, classic Peanuts gang for a discussion about IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN.

What we uncover in this most sincere of pumpkin patches might surprise you, might make you think, or will hopefully encourage you. But most of all, we hope you enjoy it. Because like a dear brother or sister who wanders out at 4 AM to bring you shivering from the pumpkin patch to a nice, warm bed... we all need each other to help us live a better story.

Thank you all for being a part of ours.

Timestamps:

4:43 - Business Time

7:51 - Reflections on 200 episodes and more than 4 years of The Fear of God

25:58 - Whatcha Watchin' / Readin' / Listenin' To?

43:40 - Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, Chapters 25 - 44

1:18:55 - IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN

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Stay off our lawn!!!

Just kidding, y'all come on over because we're discussing one of the most inventively fun and spooky children's Halloween movies ever made: MONSTER HOUSE!

In this week's installment of #thisishalloween, we take our usual detour through Greentown Illinois for the next installment in Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES before venturing into the creepy unknown as we knock on the door of ole Nebbercracker's haunted house and wind up learning quite a bit about what happens when we begin to endow lifeless things with the spirit of what we love and what it will take to finally set us free.

It's a much heartier conversation than we were expecting, but we think you're really gonna enjoy it!

4:56 - Business Time

12:01 - Whatcha Watchin' / Readin' / Listenin' To

29:36 - Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, Chapters 13-24

59:07 - MONSTER HOUSE

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First of all, it was October, a rare month for The Fear of God... as Nathan and Reed venture into a brand new mini-series of episodes simply and directly titled #thisishalloween. All month long, we'll be discussing stories not only at the intersection of faith and fear, but also at the intersection of Halloween and Childhood. We start our journey by diving into the first handful of chapters of Ray Bradbury's legendary novel SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, before an extended discussion about one of the most infamous horror films ever made - HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH. We discuss the film's merits and demerits (including and in spite of its placement as the third installment in the otherwise ongoing story of Michael Myers), but also uncover some pretty interesting ideas at its core about the mysterious combination of technology and the spell it casts over us all.

We hope you enjoy this first session of October as we dive into #thisishalloween!

5:36 - Business Time

8:17 - Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, Prologue - Chapter 12

36:30 - HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH

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We began this journey called #inthemourning with a conversation about Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War. It prompted a months-long exploration about learning how to lose as we discussed each episode of HBO's The Leftovers and more than a dozen films which dealt with ghost stories, paradigm shifts, and apocalypses. Now, in this coda, we return again to the MCU for a discussion about AVENGER'S: ENDGAME. And while the expected nerd talk about favorite MCU films and moments takes place (including a listener-crafted Watchin'/Readin'/Listenin' tune that you have to hear to believe) what then emerges is a vulnerable and hope-filled declaration that perhaps even after the worst has happened, our stories have another chapter to unfold.

"...weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." Psalm 30:5b

We have been and remain "in the mourning" but even as we continue to navigate these challenging times together, we have hope that even the inevitable will not have the final word. We are joined once again by our good friend Ian Olson as we assemble to discuss MARVEL'S AVENGERS: ENDGAME.

We hope you'll join us and we hope you enjoy it. Most of all, we hope it encourages you as it did for us.

We love you 3000.

6:42 - A brief bit of Business Time

9:38 - Whatcha Watchin' / Readin' Listenin' To

23:38 - Favorite MCU Films

50:11 - Favorite Scenes or Moments in the MCU Films

1:06:17 - Favorite Moments in Avengers: Endgame (excluding the final battle)

1:34:30 - Avengers... Assemble

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In a remote part of the podcast world, over a cup of proverbial tea, Nathan and Reed sit and reflect upon learning how to lose, as #inthemourning draws to a close and they examine the series finale of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS, with all of the joys, fears, hopes, and questions that come along with it.

Nothing is explained. Everything is explored. And then it ends.

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Our journey through HBO's THE LEFTOVERS is nearly concluded, but first, one last stop through a desolate future where humanity has stopped being able to have children as we discuss Alfonso Cuaron's incredible film, CHILDREN OF MEN. Equal parts bleak and hopeful, devastating and inspiring, Children of Men is a film that is so rich in theme and artistry we find it difficult to tame our praise for it as we unpack what it has to share with us about shepherding goodness towards tomorrow, even when it costs everything.

We hope you enjoy this penultimate installment of #inthemourning.

2:22 - Introduction - Reflections on #inthemourning and 2020

11:33 - Business Time

16:26 - Whatcha Watchin' / Readin' / Listenin' To

36:33 - THE LEFTOVERS, Season 3, Episode 7

58:07 - CHILDREN OF MEN

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If there ever were a singular, unique piece of film we've ever covered, Mel Gibson's exploration of the last days of the Mayan civilization through the eyes of a survivor desperate to save his family is it. APOCALYPTO received tremendous praise upon its release, despite the rising controversies surrounding Gibson's personal struggles. We heap no small amount of praise upon it ourselves as we explore what it has to tell us about the way we face our own apocalypses and the chances we take to start new beginnings.

Also in this episode, we spent a decent chunk of time discussing Episodes 5 & 6 of Season 3 of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS, and we take a few somber moments to reflect upon the legacy and untimely death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman through the lens of this year long series we are exploring about learning how to lose.

It's an over-sized conversation this week, but one we really think you're going to enjoy.

4:09 - A Funny Story, and Business Time

12:09 - Remembering Chadwick Boseman

34:12 - THE LEFTOVERS, Season 3, Episodes 5 & 6; #tvguideposts

1:05:58 - Mel Gibson's APOCALYPTO

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Come with us if you want to live... because we're heading all the way back to 1984 for James Cameron's original installment in the landmark sci-fi franchise THE TERMINATOR. After a brief detour through the Australian outback for episodes 3 & 4 of Season 3 of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS, we go full temporal displacement to combat the machines and save the future. Along the way, we have more than a handful of laughs and critical observations about the film and its sequels, before diving into a heartfelt dialogue about what it means to consider how the choices we make today will impact a future we may never see.

This episode is full of heart and a lot of fun and we hope you enjoy it.

5:07 - Business Time

9:33 - THE LEFTOVERS, Season 3, Episodes 3 & 4 #tvguideposts

35:19 - THE TERMINATOR

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